Wonky power can break other parts of the synth. Synthetic Dreamscapes and Hideaway studios have both done them in the WS if anyone wants to get the pinouts and resistor values.īattery replacement: remove old battery holder and replace with clip in battery holder for new battery.īut as it's been off for 20 years, the main PSU caps are almost guaranteed to be dried out. Putting in an OLED display is a bit of a challenge in these synths. New backlight: Is there a high pitched whine? Two options: a DC-DC inverter and phone backlight in place of the EL foil, or an OLED display. On the face of it, it seems like a simple repair job: As you say, it's unlikely all 5 cards have died. It's likely dust dirt and/ or corrosion in the card socket. I'd recommend not powering up the synth again until it has been properly tested by a technician. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer. Is the card issue likely to be a result of another problem not listed above or.what? Seems highly unlikely that all 5 cards stopped working, and as I was using them fine when I was getting the low battery alert 20 years ago, it doesn't seem as though that would be the problem either. They all worked fine last time I used them, but now, I get an error message for all five cards as soon as I switch the unit on with card inserted - 'the card is not formatted'.

4 are for the prog slot and 1 for the PCM slot. My question is regarding the 5 Korg memory cards I have, which I wanted to sell separately. I understand that all these problems can potentially be fixed by someone who enjoys mucking about with old synths and unscrewing back panels from things (I'm not into either). I also discovered that a key is now sticking, and that, while the display itself is fine, the blue screen light is not working. Last time I used it, I remember a 'low battery alert' stopped me from saving any edited patches, and that's obviously still the case.

I used it a lot back then but haven't touched it for over 20 years, so it required a bit of testing to see if it still works okay. I'm looking at selling a Korg Wavestation that I've had since the early 90s.

I know almost nothing about synths so bear that in mind if/when I say something dumb.

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